Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-17
DAILY HERALD.
WEDNESDAYS OUTRAGE.
The Accessory of GOrmlee Lodged
i'm the County Jail.

HI the OOunty JatI.
The little girl, Maggie Curtis, VIII
was outraged by Tom Gormlee on las
Wednesday, lies in a precarious con
dition at her home on Jackson street
Last evening she was suffering in
tense pain, her wounds being consid
erably worse, and she had a hgl
fever. Her agony is only equalled b,
that of her mother, who is suhern;
intense mental pain from the effects O
the realization of the extent of he
little daughters injury.
Yesterday afternoon Chief Skinner
detailed Officer Lemon to join the
search, and he started soon afterward
for Calico. He will thoroughly scoul
the surrounding country in hopes OF
capturing Gormlee, and if his hiding
place is not unearthed it will not be
for want of a sufficient number of pur-
suers.
HIS MISTRESS ARRESTED.
Yesterday afternoon warrant was
issued for the arrest of Martha Hunt
the mistress OF Gormlee, who lived
with him in his cabin near Lamanda
Park, up to the time of his departure.
Deputy Constable Johnson received
the document and started for the
place. He arrived there early last
evening and found the woman eating
dinner. He told her the contents of
the warrant and placed her under
arrest as an accessory. She seemed
greatly incensed and declared that it
was an outrage to arrest her when she
had nothing whatever to do with the
case. She was brought back to this
city and safely lodged in the county
jail. She was seen last night by n
HERALD reporter, and without any
persuasion, although she had retired,
she presented herself before the bars.
Although she is woman of easy vir-
tue, she is possessed of rather pleas
ingface, with but few traces of dissi-
patton. She stated that she
had been living with Gormlee
freely on the facts of the case, but
showed disposition throughout to
shield her paramour. On last Wednes-
day night she stated that Gormlee
and the child arrived about 10 o'clock.
Gormlee was "beastly drunk" to use
her words, and laid down ON the bed
and went to sleep. She and Maggie
sat up for over an hour and conversed
on different subjects. The girl said
nothing about having been assaulted.
The woman said that they all three
retired occupying the same bed.
In response to question she said
that on account of Gormlee's drunken
condition she could not sleep and con-
sequently laid awake all night. "IIe
never touched the girl during the
night" asserted the woman, 'for if he
had was not asleep and would have
heard him."
She declared that she knew nothing
of the affair until the morning just be-
fore Maggie got up, when she detected
blood on her clothes s'''e asked her
what the stain, uo..-..-. she replied
that they were caused from eating
apricots. Mrs. Miller, the wife of
Gormlee's partner, then came in.
Another prisoner says that the girl
confessed to her that she had been
tampered with but had not been out
ragged. As soon as Gormlee was in
formed of the girls condition on
Thursday morning the woman said
that he left, telling her that he was
"going away" She said that she had
not seen him nor heard from him
since. The woman appeared to exhib-
it considerable anxiety regarding the
probability of Gormlee being captured,
and closed the interview by saying
that she "would rather put in Il life
time in Jail than to have him cap
tured."